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• Cloning Babies Closer Than You Think

  So, um, cool. Sort of. A La Jolla, California stem-cell company called Stemagen has made cloned human embryos out of skin cells. Skin cells from the arm of the head of the company, no less. But, interestingly, Stemagen says it isn't interested in cloning humans. Instead, this is what they are doing:   Read More... Posted Jan 20 2008, 02:52 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: babies, stem cell research, clones, cloning babies, cloning

• Attack of the Clones: It's What's For Dinner

  Hey! Yep, our friends over at the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA to their closest friends) have done it again! Yay for them! Because they've cleared the way for us all to someday be eating cloned meat. Mmm, mmm, mmm! Yes indeed, the FDA says that "The data show that healthy adult clones are virtually indistinguishable." Tasty! But opponents have this to say: Read More... Posted Jan 18 2008, 07:28 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: FDA, clones, vegetarianism, factory farming, cloned animals